Eric: Well, I think
everybody will agree, this is a very, very special day -- a very proud day for
me, because it's the first time in a very long time that this company has been
run by a member of this family.

Thorne: Amen to that.

Eric: So without further
ado, I'll turn this meeting over to our new CEO. Ridge, it's all up to you, now.

Ridge: Thank you, Dad.

Thorne: You go, big
brother.

Ridge: This is a day I've
looked forward to longer than any of you know. I feel good about this company.
And I feel great about running it. Take a look at the agenda in front of you. As
you can see, it hasn't been a stellar year for our year-end sales. But Brooke's
bedroom line was up 10%.

Thorne: Yeah, well, that's
where all the marketing went.

Eric: 70% of it, at least.

Thorne: And it only gave
us a 10% return.

Megan: Isn't a 10% return
a pretty strong number, given the kind of year it was?

Eric: Well, Megan, when
you put that kind of money into promoting one product line, it better give you
at least a 10% return, even in a bad year.

Ridge: Which brings me to
what I want to discuss -- the future of the bedroom line.

Stephanie: Yes. And I
selfishly didn't take into consideration what you were going through. Knowing
you as well as I do -- probably better than most people -- when I see you here,
in your beautiful penthouse, surrounded with your art and your beautiful
objects, I realize that you're alone and that it must have been very difficult
for you to have found out that you have a son that you can't -- can't see, can't
interact with and can't tell that you're his father.

Massimo: Knowing that
there's a woman I love and can't be with.

Stephanie: Are you going
to tell me that you are not surrounded by beautiful, charming, delightful, young
women that are drawn to you?

Massimo: Oh, yes. And I
have all the toys. The gulf-stream, the yachts, the villas in Greece, St. Tropet
-- none of it means anything unless I have someone to share it with that I love.
And I had it. That's the worst part of all. I had it all and I had you. And I
let you slip away. What a fool I was. I never stopped loving you, Stephanie
Douglas, from that very first night. Admit that you loved me back then.

Stephanie: Of course, I
did. I still do. But is anything going to come of it? No.

Massimo: My god.
Stephanie, we share a son -- a son that I can help in so many ways. Listen, his
being given this title -- it doesn't mean anything. He's CEO, but he doesn't own
the company, at least, not enough of it. Believe me, Stephanie, when I tell you
-- once Ridge starts to wield power, you know what's gonna hit the fan. He'll
never, ever be fulfilled at Forrester Creations. Only I can do that for him.

Ridge: Mother and Taylor
and I had a discussion about this earlier, and I have to agree with their point
of view. I want to change the face of Forrester, but I need board approval to do
that. That means you and dad.

Thorne: Have you talked to
Brooke about this?

Ridge: No.

Thorne: Do you plan on
talking to Brooke about this?

Eric: She put him in
charge, Thorne.

Thorne: There is no way
this is gonna fly, Dad. Brooke is gonna go ballistic when she finds out about
this.

Susan: I'm gonna make a
suggestion. Please, don't take this the wrong way. We have a wonderful
psychotherapist, who's a guest here. She's very famous for her call-in radio
show. They call her Dr. Isabel, "the angel of the airwaves."

Brooke: No one can help
me.

Susan: That's a dangerous
attitude.

Brooke: Well, they say
that there is no sin that is unforgivable. Well, that's not true, because I
committed one that is. And the worst part of all is -- and I've never told this
to anybody -- but I enjoyed it. I just can't get it out of my mind. God, I'm
such a horrible mother.

[ Phone rings ]

Brooke: Hello?

Deacon: Brooke, it's
Deacon.

Brooke: How did you get
this number?

Deacon: When you called
the other day, the number was still on the caller I.D.

Deacon: Well, you know
what? I'm making it my business. You know why? Because I care.

Brooke: You don't care
about me.

Deacon: Yes, I do care.
Brooke, I want to ask you one question, all right? Please, answer me honestly.
This -- this depression that you're in -- is it because of me?

Brooke, I know that you
feel guilty about Bridget. And I told you, you don't have to. If you and I had
thought that there was even the most remote chance that my marriage would work
out, this never would have happened. We never would have slept together. You
know that. So there's nothing to feel guilty about.

Thorne: Ridge, dropping
Brooke's bedroom line is a huge shift in the focus of Forrester Creations.

Eric: Thorne, this used to
be the house of Forrester. Now it's become the house of Brooke Logan.

Ridge: But it doesn't have
to be that way. There was a time when Forrester creations meant the absolute
finest in fashion design. That's not the case anymore. We've expanded our
product line to such an extent that nobody really knows what we stand for now.
And that's hurt us. The orders aren't coming in like they used to. Our best
customers have gone elsewhere. Why is that? Because we've changed our image.
We're trying to be something we're not -- a lingerie company. Thorne, we've got
an opportunity -- possibly our last opportunity -- to save a company our father
and mother built from the ground up. I can do that now. I've got the position.
Today, right now, you can give me the mandate for that.

Eric: Let's take a vote.

Ridge: All in favor of
eliminating the bedroom line completely, say "aye."

Eric: Aye.

Ridge: Aye.

Thorne: Aye.

Ridge: All right. It's
been voted on and carried, then. Production of Brooke's bedroom line stops
tomorrow. We're back in the business of fashion.